Tuesday, May 25, 2010

BBC Video: Kurdish children jailed in Turkey under “anti-terror” law



Monday, 24 May 2010


Following the initial comment of Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that ‘'whether men, women or children, the security forces will react with disproportionate force’', several amendments were made to the country's anti-terror law, it is possible to charges children as terrorists and put them away for up to 50 years in jail. There are currently 2,622 minors serving time in Turkish prisons on the charge of terrorism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8A_aA4hC4&feature=player_embedded